Power from God
“Power From God” by Matthew Ramsey
Two people/puppets. One puppet invents a hat (tinfoil) that gives energy. The results are actually disastrous/amusing. In the end, we learn that we should go to God to get our power. Could also be used as a message against drugs (e.g., our high should come from God).
(Klumsy and Shy
Shelly are both clowns but this could be done with puppets)
Part 1
(Shelly and Klumsy
start off children’s church songs—three or four—but Klumsy quickly becomes
tired.)
Klumsy: (out of breath
and being overly dramatic) Shelly…shellyshellyshelly…I…have to-rest…I’m-so-tired…(panting).
Shelly: (slightly worried) Klumsy, are you
ok? Do you need to go to the hospital?
Klumsy: (continues to
be out of breath) No…I’ll be alright…I’m just out of energy from all those
children’s church songs…
Shelly: Well…maybe we
should…(unsure) take a break?
Klumsy: (a little less out of breath) No, I just
need some more energy…I know! (goes and
gets a hat that is covered in tinfoil).
Shelly: (a little skeptical/weirded
out) Klumsy, what on earth is that?!
Klumsy: (triumphantly) It’s my Bioelectric
Particle Wave Enhancer! Or Bipwee for short. (stage whisper, proudly) I invented it myself!
Shelly: I’m sure you
did. Klumsy…this Bio…waterthingy
whatever—
Klumsy: (happily
corrects her) Bioelectric Particle Wave Enhancer!
Shelly: Klumsy, that
thing-you-just-said: it just looks like a hat with some (inspects the hat) old…eww, used
tinfoil.
Klumsy: (nonchalantly
shrugs) Eh. Potato, poTAto. Anyway, it’s going to help me get the energy
and power I need to get through children’s church!
Shelly: Ok…so how
does it work?
Klumsy: Well, that’s
a secret. Cuz I don’t know. But all I
have to do is put it on my head (puts the
hat on her head) like so.
WOOOO-WHOOOO!
Shelly: Klumsy, be careful
with that thing would ya?
Klumsy: (exaggerated movements and tone of voice) This is gReAt! Let’s sinG—siNG—SING!!! (sing a
couple more songs).
Shelly! Wasn’t that great?! High five!!!
(Shelly unenthusiastically holds
her hand out and Klumsy slaps it *be
nice klumsy *. As soon as she
hits Shelly’s hand Klumsy’s hat picks up a radio commercial and says part of it)
Act now and receive five dollars off
your next purchase! (in a lower, quicker
voice) Void where prohibit, all sales final.
Shelly: Klumsy…What!?
Klumsy: (innocently) What?
Shelly: (testing
a theory cautiously pokes Klumsy in the arm)
Klumsy: (suddenly becomes very animated) Come on
down to Meathead Marty’s CRRRAAAZZZZY auto sales and get a deal so insane
you’ll wonder why they haven’t locked me up! (Returns to normal) Whoa…that’s weird. My Bipwee must be picking up some radio
signals.
(Shelly pokes her again…)
(in a
boring scholarly voice) Up next, an entire hour of boring news…
(and again)
Traffic along the Walter-Mann highway is
backed up for several miles due to a watermelon truck spilling its…
(and again)
(Klumsy
makes the sound for radio static)…
(and again)
Well cowpokes, it’s
time fer a lil country ….(in normal voice) Ugh!
Shelly stop!
Shelly: What do you mean stop? This is the coolest! (pokes
her again)
Klumsy: Hello friends, do you love pets as much as I
do? Then get your pet the very best pet
insurance with……Shelly! Get away from
me! (Shelly
starts chasing Klumsy around poking her).
[basically just say
some slogans ever time shelly pokes klumsy until they run off stage]
Now there’s pudding
in the mix! Look Ma, no cavities! I can’t believe it’s not butter!
Now that’s-a spicey
meat-a-ball!
(could go straight to part
2 OR put a few other skits in between)
Part 2
Klumsy: (slowly/painfully makes her way out moaning
and still wearing the hat) Oh…my aching head.
Shelly: (comes out) Oh there you are Klumsy!
Klumsy: (anxiously)
Don’t TOUCH me!
Shelly: Oh, Klumsy I
won’t touch you—don’t worry.
Klumsy: Okay, and…not
so loud alright? My head is killing
me…ohhh…
Shelly: Now what’s
wrong? I thought that hat of yours was
supposed to solve all your problems. You
told me that the only reason you kept wearing it was to help you study for the
big school spelling bee.
Klumsy: Hah! Solve my
problems? Well…I guess it did for a
little while. I had so much energy and
everything was really easy and fun. But
then…I don’t know…it just got to be too much.
Shelly: Well did it
help you in the spelling bee?
Klumsy: (gets a pained
look on her face and squeaks out: ) Not really!
Shelly: What happened
Klumsy?
Klumsy: Well, I
decided to keep my hat during the spelling bee because it helped me so much
studying. I was doing really good. I mean really really good. (more
emphatically) I mean really really really—
Shelly: I get it
Klumsy!
Klumsy: (chastened by
Shelly)…good. But then they asked me
a really hard word and I got nervous.
And when I get nervous I get clumsy…I was right in the middle of spelling
sarcophagus when I bumped the table and started spelling: (doing the Oscar Meyer theme song) O-S-C-A-R my bologna has a second
name that’s M-E-Y-E-R!
Shelly: Oh no
Klumsy—that’s too bad. Why don’t you
just take off that hat—it’s stupid!
Klumsy: (indignant) It’s NOT stupid. It’s just pointless and annoying. Anyway, I don’t want to take it off because
then I would be able to listen to music when I brush my teeth (pantomimes brushing).
Shelly: …why don’t
you just buy a radio?
Klumsy: Look, maybe I
don’t know as much as you about radi-whatchamacallits and all that fancy
technology stuff. Maybe I don’t even
know how to take off my own hat but I do know one thing…”
Shelly: (pause)
…What’s that?
Klumsy: (panicked) Oh no!
I forgot! (sobbing) Now I don’t know
anything!
Shelly: (tries to get the conversation back on track
and be the voice of reason) Klumsy, if you were so worried about how you
were going to do on the big school spelling bee then why didn’t you just pray
and ask God for help?
Klumsy: (still sobbing a bit) Whaddya mean?
Shelly: Well, instead
of trying to use your own power or the power of some dumb—I mean, not
dumb—invention, why don’t you rely on God and His power? Don’t you think you’re being kinda silly?
Klumsy: (grumpily) I’ll be whatever I wanna
do. Besides, I didn’t want to bother
Him. I mean…doesn’t He have better
things to do than to help me in the big school spelling bee?
Shelly: You mean like
take care of everything else going on in the Universe?
Klumsy: Yeah,
exactly!
Shelly: Klumsy,
you’re part of His creation aren’t you?
Of course He’s concerned about you!
Don’t you know that God is omnipotent—that He is all-powerful? He can help you and at the same time help
everyone else.
Sometimes,
when I get so shy I feel like I can’t even talk I just pray to God that He’ll
help me. It’s just a little thing but I
know that He is always there for me to give me power to do the things I need to
do!
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